as in domination
controlling power or influence over others
Asia's long rise to predominancy in high-tech manufacturing
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Complete domination from Portugal in the first half.
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After all, the statistical domination was quite clear.
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SpaceX just notched a remarkable launch-dominance milestone.
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At the time of merger talks there was speculation the Gurnee Mariano’s wouldn’t make the cut because of the nearby Jewel’s long-time — the company name has been around since 1932 –market dominance across the region.
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The British North America Act came into effect, uniting the separate territories of the Province of Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia into one dominion called Canada.
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Italy has a colonial past, of course, and its government forces committed atrocities in areas under Italian dominion in East Africa between the 1880s and 1941.
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Hong Kong — China has clinched the top spot on a list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, overtaking the United States for the first time since 2017 with a model powered by homegrown chips amid an intense race for tech supremacy between the two superpowers.
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Colonists had to swear the oath of supremacy to the English monarch, which meant accepting the Church of England.
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The agreement calls for a halt to military operations in Lebanon and for its sovereignty to be respected.
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Losing, Jose said, would be a devastating blow, not only to the Tohono O’odham, but to all future claims of Indian sovereignty.
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The trip will mark the first time the Sussex family has visited Harry's home country since June 2022, when the family of four joined a celebration to mark Queen Elizabeth II's 70-year reign.
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Simplicity reigns in her hairstyle as well.
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“Predominancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predominancy. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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